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May saw both the top contractors overall and the list excluding civils headed by the same firms. Kier topped both lists, with 40 projects totalling £411.6m.

By value the bulk of this figure was accounted for by public works – £389m – with commercial accounting for £15.6m and housing £7.1m. To date, Kier also comfortably leads the cumulative annual table, with 551 projects totalling £2.36bn, ahead of second-placed Balfour Beatty, which has recorded £1.93bn. May was the biggest month for Kier, well ahead of its next largest monthly total of £295.2m, recorded in October last year.

Morgan Sindall came in at second place on the overall chart, with 35 projects totalling £220m and with nearly £195m-worth of commercial work. The firm is currently fifth in the cumulative standings, with £1.15bn spread across 345 projects.

In third spot overall, McLaren posted £172.8m-worth of work with four deals, including a £55m job at Cabot Square in London’s Canary Wharf and a £23.3m commercial project in Welwyn Garden City. The firm currently sits at 10th place in the cumulative total for the past 12 months, with 20 projects valued at £809m.

At fourth place in the overall standings Willmott Dixon recorded 16 deals, valued at £162.7m, including an £83.1m job at Harrow Road for the Lord Mayor of London; the firm is in fourth spot in the cumulative yearly rankings, behind Multiplex. In fifth place in the overall table for May is Wates, which posted 23 projects valued at £110.5m, including a £29.5m deal for Cardiff council.

Hovering just outside the top five overall chart in sixth place was Balfour Beatty on £103.3m, spread across 33 projects, while the sixth slot in the excluding civils chart was occupied by Graham Construction, whose six deals totalled £81.3m.